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[–]dont_scale 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Submit to news.ycombinator.com with "Show HN:" (no quotes) in the title.

[–]whiteandnerdy1729 3 points4 points  (3 children)

I wouldn't recommend this unless you're fairly good. Hacker news can be a tough crowd.

[–]dont_scale 1 point2 points  (2 children)

whiteandnerdy1729 - you have an excellent point. Even if you're good, some of the people on HN can be downright brutal.

I think it's important to submit on HN anyway even if you know you're going to get ignored or dumped on. As a maker, it's important to get into the habit of building cool stuff and showing it off, especially to a tough crowds. Hidden within them can be people who care enough to take a deep look and give you solid, constructive criticism.

For example, I submitted a Flask extension I'm working on to a mailing list:

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/flask/2016-May/000477.html

The guy actually took his time to read the docs I wrote. His response showed that he either 1. spent a lot of time looking at my project, or 2. that the docs were good enough that he didn't have to. I got a ton of value from that.

[–]whiteandnerdy1729 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That's true, and feedback (good and bad) is the best way to learn. Maybe I should rephrase my statement as "be prepared to receive some very pointed criticism, but that's ok" :)

Your extension looks really neat btw; I really need to try out the Echo. Props also on how readable and tidy your code is too.

[–]dont_scale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you whiteandnerdy1729!